Depends on what you are keeping.
Good to know, and thank you! I am just dipping my toes into SPS. I currently have 2, and I gauge the happiness of my tank primarily on them. I look at everything of course, but my 2 little SPS are really my gauge, and they seem to be happy and growing. So, is 10.5 too high for the other stuff? Currently they all seem rather happy.
Thank you Randy! I deeply appreciate all input here, but as a chemistry question, it always makes me feel more at ease to see your input specifically.
Yea this is where consistency is key. If you have an established water parameter with happy LPS already, i wouldnt change a thing. Though 10+ alk is on the higher side but its not an issue, i would acclimate any new corals from here on to get them up to the 10+ alk before dropping them in your tank - but thats just me.
Yeah, I always take my time when acclimating corals anyway. I take about an hour, introducing them with a bit more tank water every 15 minutes, then in the last 15 minutes, I dip them with Tropic Marin Coral clean. I can't imagine just temp acclimating and adding anything. Thank you for your help with this. I had just recently read an article that said 10 was in range, but too high. So I wanted to come here for real time input.
My nitrates stay between 20 and 30 ppm, and my phosphate between .02 and .09
